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UNLABELLED: Social isolation and disengagement fragments local communities. Evidence indicates that refugee families are highly vulnerable to social isolation in their countries of resettlement. Research to identify approaches to best address this is needed. Football United is a program that aims to foster social inclu…

BACKGROUND: The exact cause of recurrent aphthous stomatitis is still unknown, making it a challenge to develop effective treatments. This study employs computational biology to investigate the molecular basis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis, aiming to identify the nature of the stimuli triggering these ulcers and the…

BACKGROUND: Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) pose significant risks for anesthesia in children undergoing tonsillectomy. This study aimed to determine whether URTIs is associated with PRAEs during postanesthesia recovery after tonsillectomy. METHODS: Child…

BACKGROUND: Recently, extended reality technologies have been increasingly utilized in therapeutic and educational interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of extended reality interventions in addressing core deficits and enh…

PURPOSE: This scoping review aimed to map research on factors associated with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children and adolescents undergoing overnight polysomnography (PSG) and questionnaire-based diagnostic assessments. METHODS: Searches were conducted in three electronic databases up to May 2023, including ni…

BACKGROUND: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the incidence of OSCC is increasing, and the mortality rate remains high. This systematic review aims to examine the potential association between the composition of the oral microbi…

SCOPE: Comprehensive assessment of l-carnitine's safety and effectiveness in reducing inflammatory markers in osteoarthritis (OA) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: Journal articles on l-carnitine for OA are gathered using computer searches of PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science. The kind of literatur…

PURPOSE: Social support may help smokers quit and buffer against factors that hinder quitting. The study's aims are to examine which types of social support are effective for quitting smoking among Latino smokers and whether social support buffers the effects of depressed mood on smoking cessation. DESIGN, SETTING, SU…

Immunosuppression is associated with an increased risk of cancer in kidney transplant recipients compared to the general population. It is less clear whether standardized cancer mortality ratios (SMRs) are also increased. This study's hypothesis is that SMRs are not increased because of competing risks of death. During…

AIM: This study sought to explore the relationship between whistleblowing and ethical sensitivity among nurses and midwives working in delivery rooms. DESIGN: A sequential mixed-methods research design. METHOD: Online data collection included 209 participants (quantitative/snowball sampling) via demographic forms and…

BACKGROUND: Critical care nurses who work in intensive or intermediate care units could be exposed to violence and threats in their workplace from patients admitted with intoxication. Despite extensive research on intoxication, research on critical care nurses' experiences with violence and threats from these patients…

OBJECTIVE: Tinnitus is known to be influenced by many different factors, such as hearing loss and stress or anxiety. In about 25% of tinnitus sufferers, dysfunctions of the cervical spine or temporomandibular area influence the tinnitus percept, then known as somatic or somatosensory tinnitus (ST). Previous research ha…

This research, funded by the National Science Foundation (Award #2412054) as part of the NH-LIFT project, provides a critical analysis of a successful public health initiative addressing food insecurity in New Hampshire, which affects nearly 10% of residents and 13.4% of children. The study's primary objective was to a…

In this issue of JAACAP, Asarnow and colleagues report the results of their innovative, elegantly conducted clinical trial that assessed the added value of stratified, stepped care (SSC) for youth at risk for suicidal behavior in a health system that was already implementing a Zero Suicide quality improvement (ZSQI) pr…

This manuscript presents a letter to the editor addressing the study by Lv et al. (J Mol Histol 56(2):129, 2025), which identifies PDZ-binding kinase (PBK) as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While commending the article's comprehensive approach-including bioinformatics integrat…

Implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical practice is an ongoing challenge for nurses. EQUIP-Evidence-based QUality Improvement Project- is a multiphase project aimed at equipping nurses with the essential skills to implement EBP and advanced nursing practice. EQUIP embraces the assumption that implementat…

Social workers have a significant role in empowering clients to discover their own strengths as well as strengths in their environment and to achieve social justice on behalf of oppressed populations. The goal of this exploratory qualitative study was to broaden our knowledge on strength-based approaches in working wit…

This study aimed to evaluate the integrated cognitive-behavioral group therapy and Gestalt empty chair technique on bereaved individuals with COVID-19-caused PGD (prolonged grief disease). Thirty-six patients with PGD resultant from COVID-19 were randomly assigned intervention and control groups. The intervention group…

PURPOSE: Delayed start times for cardiac MRI examinations have resulted in longer patient fasts, extended wait times, and poor synchronization of anesthesia induction and contrast administration. The aim of this work was to improve on-time start rates from an initial baseline of 10%. METHODS: A multidisciplinary team…

Upper limb stroke rehabilitation has been understudied in usual occupational therapy. The study's purpose was to describe the timing and amount of usual occupational therapy in the stroke population for hospital-based outpatient upper limb rehabilitation. A multi-site study of timing and amount of occupational therapy…